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	Lucille5
		I stated at the outset of this feature on Lucille Bogan, that it was sometimes of dubious value to attribute the truth in a literal sense, to the lyrics sung by blues singers.
		Bogan was definitely a prostitute at some stage in her life, and had strong connections with the fl underworld in Birmingham, Alabama.
		Often, reliable conclusions about Lucille Bogan can be drawn from lyrics of her, fortunately, prodigious recorded output between 1923 and 1935; as I have discussed at some length already in earlier parts of this article.
	www.earlyblues.com /Lucille5.htm (1407 words)

	Lucille Bogan
		orn Lucille Anderson, April 1, 1897, in Amory Mississippi, she was raised as Lucille Anderson in Birmingham, Alabama.
		Bogan was one of the toughest female blues singers of the pre-war era.
		She was married at least once, to one Nazareth Bogan, and was the mother of two children.
	www.alamhof.org /boganl.htm (147 words)

	VH1.com : Lucille Bogan : Biography
		Her outspoken lyrics deal with sexuality in a manner that manages to raise eyebrows even within a genre that is about as nasty as recorded music ever got prior to the emergence of artists such as 2 Live Crew or Ludacris.
		Bogan made her first recordings of the tunes "Lonesome Daddy Blues" and "Pawnshop Blues," in 1923, in New York City for the OKeh label.
		Certainly one of Bogan's greatest talents was as a songwriter, and she copyrighted dozens of titles, many of them so original that other blues artists were forced to give credit where credit was due instead of whipping up "matcher" imitations as was more than norm.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/bogan_lucille/bio.jhtml (556 words)

	Lucille Bogan, Shave 'em Dry: The Best of Lucille Bogan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lucille Bogan knew this and used it to her advantage.
		Neither Bogan nor Roland were afraid of singing about sex and this collection is rife with fabulously written tales of the oldest form of recreation.
		If there were justice in the music world, the name Lucille Bogan would be as famous as Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey and this release is Legacy's way of adding another opportunity for that to happen.
	www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_bogan_shaveemdry.html (528 words)

	Lucille Bogan
		While many of the Classic Blues singers of the 1920s tackled risqué and controversial issues in their songs, Bogan almost exclusively focused on explicit sexual themes, like prostitution, adultery and lesbianism, and social ills such as alcoholism, drug addiction and abusive relationships.
		Bogan's recording career came to an end in 1935 and she eventually returned to Birmingham where she reverted to her real name and performed in and managed the group Bogan's Birmingham Busters but did not appear on either of the group's records.
		In the late 1930s or early l940s, Bogan moved to the West Coast.
	www.redhotjazz.com /bogan.html (193 words)

	Lucille3
		That was in 1876 and by the time Lucille Bogan recorded her self-deprecating “Pig Iron Sally”, the manufacture of pig iron was a thriving industry.
		Lucille Bogan might appear, on the recorded evidence so far, to be a tough and lusty woman; culminating in one of the most explicit songs on a blues record which commences:
		Lucille Bogan as ‘Bessie Jackson’ vo.; Walter Roland pno., speech.
	www.earlyblues.com /Lucille3.htm (1580 words)

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		The theme of making her own booze (see Pt.1), and her love of liquor generally, was a very prevalent one in Lucille Bogan’s recorded output.
		In the meantime, Paramount talent scout, Harry Charles who was responsible for Bogan’s recording debut, alleged in later years that she had an affair with Will Ezell when the latter pianist was working with her in Birmingham.
		Lucille Bogan delivers one of her most powerful vocals on this blues.
	www.earlyblues.com /Lucille2.htm (1671 words)

	Honey, Where You've Been So Long? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lucille Bogan, another Alabama blues singer, was one of the best blues singers of the pre-war era.
		More so than Lil' Johnson who used sex in songs as a form of humor, Bogan told her stories as sign that this world is just a no good place.
		This track "Skin Game Blues" was recorded under the name Bessie Jackson and was Bogan's last recording ever, the Skin Game works both as a tell of prostitution and abuse as well as Bogan's own sporadic work for various record labels.
	prewarblues.blogspot.com /2004/11/skin-game-blues.html (290 words)

	LUCILLE BOGAN
		Lucille's next session, her last for two and a half years, saw the
		The 1933 sessions were a four-day affair that saw Lucille cutting seven-
		Lucille seldom concerned herself with problems outside the immediate and personal,
	www.oafb.net /once267.html (679 words)

	Delta Haze Corporation - Lucille Bogan
		She was born Lucille Anderson at Amory, Monroe County, Mississippi on 1 April 1897.
		Lucille's son Nazareth reported that she had made recordings at Birmingham, Alabama in 1937 but no trace of them has been found in the American Record Corporation (now Sony Columbia) files after careful inspection of the recording ledgers for the Birmingham session.
		Lucille sold her house at Birmingham in mid-1948 and moved to the Los Angeles area of California with her de facto husband, James Spencer, a much younger man. Her son's wife's cousin had moved there, Nazareth Jr.
	www.deltahaze.com /30/lb.html (1448 words)

	Lucille Bogan : Lucille Bogan & Walter Roland, 1927-1935 - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lucille Bogan : Lucille Bogan & Walter Roland, 1927-1935
		14 track compilation split evenly down the middle between Bogan and her main piano accompanist, Roland, who also doubles on guitar on some tracks.
		The Bogan sides are a particular delight, featuring a version of "Barbecue Bess" that is nothing short of sublime.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,54823,00.html (195 words)

	Blues & Gospel - Newsletter 133 - Jo Jo Adams ->Jimmy Rushing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lucile Bogan was her real name and made her first recordings in the 20s as Lucille Bogan but when she started recording again in the 30s after the depression her name was changed to Bessie Jackson.
		She was one of the most soulful singers ever to record and she sang some interesting and unusual lyrics and all the cuts here feature her in the company of the brilliant Alabama pianist Walter Roland who on one track, the stupendous Tired As I Can Be switches to guitar.
		Sound quality is superb and the booklet has informative notes by Dick Spottswood, discographical data and a fascinating copy of a ledger sheet showing payments to Lucile for a couple of her sessions.
	www.rootsandrhythm.com /roots/NEWSLETTER133/newsletter133_blues_1.htm (4336 words)

	REVIEWS
		One of the wildest characters you’d ever meet, Lucille Bogan was either a very good actress, or one of the bawdiest women who ever sang the blues.
		Trying to capitalize on the fame of Bessie Smith, ARC renamed Bogan “Bessie Jackson,” and it was under that name that she became famous.
		Bogan is accompanied on most of the tracks by her longtime pianist/guitarist, Walter Roland.
	www.radiothrills.com /midnightflyer/reviews.htm (4745 words)

	Amazon.com: Shave 'Em Dry: The Best of Lucille Bogan [EXPLICIT LYRICS] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Of the 1920's to 1930's female blues singers, Lucille Bogan was one of the earthiest.
		Anatomical descriptions, "grind me until I cry," and references to arousing a dead man, are present, and she really gets into strong language until she cracks up laughing before regaining her composure.
		As many other people, I'd never heard of Bogan until the Scorcese series, and hopefully she'll get some sort of recognition, given a strong vocal delivery that put her alongside Bessie Smith.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00021998Q?v=glance (1096 words)

	eastbayexpress.com \| \| Hearsay \| Mamie Smith / Lucille Bogan \| 2004-07-14
		Listeners who want their blues uncut and unprettified may want to start with Lucille Bogan.
		Addressing such subjects as homosexuality ("B.D. Woman's Blues") and prostitution ("Barbecue Blues" or the immortal "Tricks Ain't Walkin'"), Bogan constantly pushed the limits of what she could sneak past the censors.
		Whether she was quite as wild as the songs suggest or not, Bogan's penchant for racy material shouldn't obscure her status as a superior vocalist -- worthy, as Dick Spottswood suggests in his excellent notes, of being remembered among the great classic blues divas.
	www.eastbayexpress.com /issues/2004-07-14/hearsay5.html (332 words)

	Lucille Bogan at Blues With A Feeling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lucille Bogan (1923-1935) [Story of the Blues SB-3535, 1989]
		Shave 'Em Dry: The Best of Lucille Bogan [Columbia/Legacy 65705, May 2004] with Walter Roland, Josh White
		Lucille Bogan and Walter Roland, 1927-1935 [Yazoo 1017, October 1992]
	hotburrito.20m.com /blues/lucillebogan.html (170 words)

	village voice > music > Sarah Vaughan's Love Songs; The Best of Lucille Bogan: Shave 'Em Dry by Robert Christgau
		After Lucille beat me at nine-ball in the back of a keno parlor, we went out for ribs and ended up bringing some Bacardi back to her place.
		The sex was hot and candid, lots of tongue, teeth, and growl, and though I'd expected raunch, only toward the end did she get all "I'll do it to you honey till I make you shit." This wasn't literally true, but it might as well have been.
		But Billie's got more common decency, not to mention sexual magnetism, than both these ladies put together.
	www.villagevoice.com /music/0513,xgau2,62488,22.html (232 words)

	Lucille Bogan Discography @ Soundbug
		Lucille Bogan CDs, click on image for order information.
		Shave 'Em Dry: The Best of Lucille Bogan
		Buy Lucille Bogan and Walter Roland: The Essential
	www.soundbug.com /artist/1182-6 (45 words)

	Complete Works V.2 1930-1933 - Lucille Bogan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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	www.venerablemusic.com /catalog/AddReview.asp?TitleID=48 (37 words)

	Lucille Bogan : Lucille Bogan (1923-1935) - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lucille Bogan : Lucille Bogan (1923-1935) - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		I Hate That Train Called the M. And O. Drinking Blues
		A solid 18-track compilation of Lucille's best sides from her peak period.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,54822,00.html (96 words)

	Tower Records - Shave 'Em Dry: The Best of Lucille Bogan [Explicit Lyrics] * - Lucille Bogan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Tower Records - Shave 'Em Dry: The Best of Lucille Bogan [Explicit Lyrics] * - Lucille Bogan
		Shave 'Em Dry: The Best of Lucille Bogan [Explicit Lyrics] *
		Personnel include: Lucille Bogan (vocals); Josh White, Bob Campbell (guitar); Walter Roland (piano).
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=2992892 (118 words)

	McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Black, Gray, Green, Red, Blue: A Letter From a Famous Painter on the Moon
		McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Black, Gray, Green, Red, Blue: A Letter From a Famous Painter on the Moon
		B L A C K, G R A Y, G R E E N, Dear Lucille Bogan,
		Fifteen years ago, when I left the earth, I was just another struggling painter in New York City.
	www.mcsweeneys.net /2002/01/07letter.html (1430 words)

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